TL;DR:
My reTerminal works when I flash the reTerminal factory image. But, sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade makes the screen non-functional after reboot.
Question:
Has everyone (anyone?) had success using standard Debian updates in the last year with this piece of hardware? I’m using “32bit-20220721T012743Z-001.zip” and “64bit-20220721T012743Z-001.zip” for these tests.
Details:
My reTerminal worked when I first turned it on.
Did sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade.
Screen was blank on reboot.
Re-flashed image, but used 64-bit version.
Screen didn’t work.
Figured, I’d update the STM32 firmware.
Followed the procedure to determine version.
The firmware corresponded to i2cdetect being “1.7 or later”
Followed upgrade procedure.
Problem: Seems to be the wrong architecture.
Solution: Re-flashed the 32-bit version of the reTerminal factory image.
Screen did not work, but as the STM32 was already in the mode where it’s expected to accept new firmware, I wasn’t worried.
Followed the STM32 upgrade procedurer.
Screen didn’t work after reboot.
Reflashed the 32-bit version of reTerminal stock OS.
Screen worked.
Note, i2cdetect shows the following now. I find this unexpected, but the screen works.
user009@tclab009:~ $ i2cdetect -y 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UU -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UU -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UU -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- UU -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Installed unattended-upgrade, so I could at least get security patches in case upgrade never works.
Tried sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Screen is blank even before I reboot.
sudo halt
Screen is blank after I start again.